• Anisops Spinola, M.M. 1837. Essai sur les genres d'insectes appartenants à l'ordre des Hémiptères Lin. ou Rhyngotes Fab. et à la section des Hétéroptères, Dufour. Gênes, Chez Yves Gravier 1837: 1-383, 15 tables [58].

  Type species:

   Anisops sardeus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1849 (=Anisops niveus (Fabricius, 1775)) by monotypy.
• Micranisops Hutchinson, G.E. 1929. A revision of the Notonectidae and Corixidae of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 25: 359-474 [377] [first introduced as a subgenus of Anisops Spinola, 1837].

  Type species:

   Anisops apicalis Stål, 1856 (=Anispos elegans Fieber, 1851) by monotypy.
• Anisopoides Hutchinson, G.E. 1929. A revision of the Notonectidae and Corixidae of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 25: 359-474 [378] [first introduced as a subgenus of Anisops Spinola, 1837].

  Type species:

   Anisops (Anisopoides) aglaia Hutchinson, 1929 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [304]
• Lansbury, I. 1966. New synonymy in the genus Anisops (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 9: 293-296 [293]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Afrotropical, Palaearctic and Oriental regions; Micronesia; Melanesia; Polynesia.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Central Ranges (CR) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Pilbara (PIL) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Murchison (MUR), Riverina (RIV), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld, SA: Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: South East Corner (SEC) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Sturt Plateau (STU) ; NSW, Qld, Tas, WA: Tasmanian South East (TSE) ; NT: Burt Plain (BRT) ; NT, Qld, WA: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK) ; NT, WA: Ord Victoria Plain (OVP) ; Tas, Vic: Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

General References

Amyot, C.J.B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. 1843. Histoire Naturelle des Insects. Hémiptères. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Rue Hautefeuille 10 B13 676 pp. [15, 22, 40] (description)

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Champion, G.C. 1901. Insecta: Rhynchota (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). pp. 1-416 in Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. (eds). Biologia Centrali-Americana; or, contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and central America, Zoology. London : Dulau Vol. 2 xvi 416 pp., 22 pls. [1897: 1–32; 1898: 33–192; 1899: 193–304; 1900: 305–344; 1901: xvi 345–416] [371] (Neotropical Region)

Esaki, T. 1928. Aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera. pp. 67–80 in, Insects of Samoa and other Samoan terrestrial Arthropoda. Part II. Hemiptera. Fasc. 2. London : William Clowes & Sons Ltd. [76] (Samoa)

Hale, H.M. 1923. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera. No. II. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 397-424 pls X-XI [400] (description)

Lansbury, I. 1961. Notes on the genus Anisops (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) in the Hungarian National History Museum. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 53: 505-506 (taxonomy)

Lansbury, I. 1962. Notes on the genus Anisops in Bishop Museum (Hem.: Notonectidae). Pacific Insects 4: 141-151 (taxonomy)

Lansbury, I. 1964. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) Part I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 52-65 (Australia)

Lansbury, I. 1968. The Enithares (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae) of the Oriental region. Pacific Insects 10: 353-442 [355, 357] (note)

Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 (Australia)

Linnavuori, R.E. 1981. Hemiptera of Nigeria, with remarks on some species of the adjacent countries 1. The aquatic and semiaquatic families, Saldidae and Leptopodidae. Acta Entomologica Fennica 37: 1-39 [6] (Afrotropical Region)

Poisson, R. 1951. Ordre des Hétéroptères. (Heteroptera Latreille, 1810—Frontirostres Fallén, 1814). pp. 1657-1803 in Grassé, P.P. (ed.). Traité de Zoologie: Anatomie, Systématique, Biologie. Insectes supérieurs et Hémiptéroides. Paris : Masson & Cie Vol. 10. [1684, 1687, 1707, 1728, 1750, 1754] (morphology, list)

History of changes

• Anisops ayersi Reichart, C.V. 1982. An addition to the genus Anisops of Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 84: 366-368 [366].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Initi waterhole, Ayers Rock, NT.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♀; CREIC.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

NT: MacDonnell Ranges (MAC)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

History of changes

• Anisops barrenensis Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [402].

  Type data:

   Holotype KU ♂, Barron River, near Barron Waters (as Barren River, near Barren Waters), QLD.
  Paratype(s) KU 21♂ 30♀; MCZ ♂ 2♀.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Coen, near Ipswich, plus type locality.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Lansbury, I. 1964. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) Part I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 52-65 [52, 55] (list)

Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 [434, 445, figs 40-42] (incorrect subsequent spelling, as Anisops barrensis)

Lansbury, I. 1975. Notes on additions, changes and the distribution of the Australian water-bug fauna (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 36: 17-23 [19] (distribution)

Sweeney, A.W. 1965. The distribution of the Notonectidae (Hemiptera) in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90: 87-94 [88] (list)

History of changes

• Anisops baylii Lansbury, I. 1995. Notes on the Corixidae and Notonectidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of southern Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 17: 181-189.

  Type data:

   Holotype ♂, Lake Mt Brown, Swan Coastal Plain, Perth, Western Australia.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

History of changes

• Anisops calcaratus Hale, H.M. 1923. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera. No. II. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 397-424 pls X-XI [416].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA ♂, Bordertown, SA.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA ♂ 4♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [461-462]; Cassis, G. & Gross, G.F. 1995. Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Coleorrhuncha to Cimicomorpha). pp. 1-501 in Houston, W.W.K. & Maynard, G.V. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha to Cimicomorpha. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 27.3A xv 506 pp. [244] (interpret Brooks' incorrect inference of holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Cunnamulla, NSW—Coonabarabran, Cobar, Cootamundra, Hermidale, Sydney, Trangie, ACT—Canberra, VIC—Bairnsdale, SA—Oodla Wirra.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Mulga Lands (ML), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Lansbury, I. 1964. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) Part I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 52-65 [64, figs 85-89] (description)

Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 [433, 456] (key, distribution)

Lundblad, O. 1933. Zur Kenntnis der aquatilen und semiaquatilen Hemipteren von Sumatra, Java und Bali auf Grund des Materials der Deutschen Limnologischen Sunda-Expedition, nebst Revision einiger anderer, indoaustralischer Arten. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 12: 1-195, 263-489 [145] (list)

Sweeney, A.W. 1965. The distribution of the Notonectidae (Hemiptera) in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90: 87-94 [88, 90, fig. 2a] (key, distribution)

History of changes

• Anisops canaliculata Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [367].

  Type data:

   Holotype KU ♂, Barron River, near Barron Waters (as Barren River, near Barren Waters), QLD.
  Paratype(s) KU 3♂ 8♀.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Ingham, Petrie, Townsville.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Lansbury, I. 1964. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) Part I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 52-65 [52] (list)

Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 [434, 443, figs 33-36]

Sweeney, A.W. 1965. The distribution of the Notonectidae (Hemiptera) in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90: 87-94 [88, 92, fig. 3a] (distribution)

History of changes

• Anisops deanei Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [381].

  Type data:

   Holotype KU ♂, Bogan River (as Began River), NSW.
  Paratype(s) KU 34♂ 25♀.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Brisbane, Cunnamulla, near Ipswich, St George district, NSW—Belubula, Bogan River, Dunedoo, Royal National Park, Sydney, SA—Bordertown, Chambers Gorge, Everard Ranges, Flinders Ranges, Murray River, Port Willunga, NT—Palm Valley.

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Ranges (CR), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Lansbury, I. 1961. Notes on the genus Anisops (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) in the Hungarian National History Museum. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 53: 505-506 [505] (incorrect subsquent spelling as Anisops deaneri)

Lansbury, I. 1964. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) Part I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 52-65 [62, figs 71-84] (description)

Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 [434, 455, figs 88, 89] (description)

Lansbury, I. 1975. Notes on additions, changes and the distribution of the Australian water-bug fauna (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 36: 17-23 [19] (distribution)

Sweeney, A.W. 1965. The distribution of the Notonectidae (Hemiptera) in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90: 87-94 [88, 90, fig. 1b] (key, distribution)

History of changes

• Anisops doris Kirkaldy, G.W. 1904. Über Notonectiden (Hemiptera). Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 23: 93-135 [112].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) KU ♂ 2♀, Alexandra, VIC (as Alexandria, Viktoria, Australien).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Brisbane, Dalby, Gladstone, NSW—Armidale, Belubula, Glen Innes, Mittagong, Tamworth, ACT—Black Mountain, Murrumbidgee River, VIC—Coromby, Melbourne, SA—Adelaide, Flinders Ranges, Kangaroo Is., Mt Lofty Ranges, Myponga Swamps, Port Willunga.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, nocturnal, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [395, pl. 46 fig. 53] (description)

Hale, H.M. 1923. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera. No. II. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 397-424 pls X-XI [402-403, fig. 364, pl. 11 fig. 11] (description)

Hale, H.M. 1924. Notes on eggs, habits and migration of some Australian aquatic bugs. (Corixidae and Notonectidae). South Australian Naturalist 5: 133-135 pl. I [135] (migration)

Hale, H.M. 1935. Some aquatic Hemiptera from Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 59: 249-251 [249] (WA, possible misidentification)

Hungerford, H.B. 1934. Concerning some aquatic and semiaquatic Hemiptera from Australia. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 29: 68-73 [68] (biology)

Lansbury, I. 1962. Notes on the genus Anisops in Bishop Museum (Hem.: Notonectidae). Pacific Insects 4: 141-151 [141] (distribution)

Lansbury, I. 1964. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) Part I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 52-65 [52] (list)

Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 [433, 437, figs 11-17] (key, description)

Lansbury, I. 1984. Some Nepomorpha (Corixidae, Notonectidae and Nepidae) (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) of north-west Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108: 35-49 [38-39] (note)

Lundblad, O. 1933. Zur Kenntnis der aquatilen und semiaquatilen Hemipteren von Sumatra, Java und Bali auf Grund des Materials der Deutschen Limnologischen Sunda-Expedition, nebst Revision einiger anderer, indoaustralischer Arten. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 12: 1-195, 263-489 [145] (list)

Sweeney, A.W. 1965. The distribution of the Notonectidae (Hemiptera) in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90: 87-94 [88, 92, fig. 3a] (key, distribution)

History of changes

• Anisops dostini Lansbury, I. 1991. Naucoridae and Notonectidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) of the Northern Territory, Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 8: 103-114 [110].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM ♂, Gulungul billabong, 12º38´S 132º53´E, NT.
  Paratype(s) NTM ♂ 2♀ (Institution uncertain); OUM.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

History of changes

• Anisops douglasi Lansbury, I. 1984. Some Nepomorpha (Corixidae, Notonectidae and Nepidae) (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) of north-west Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108: 35-49 [37].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 79–294–317 ♂, Port Warrender, Kimberley region, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

History of changes

• Anisops elkedraensis Lansbury, I. 1995. Notes on the genus Anisops Spinola (Hemiptera - Heteroptera, Notonectidae) of the Northern Territory and Western Australia. The Beagle 12: 65-74.

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM ♂, Northern Territory, Elkedra River [21°13 'S -135°085'E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IBRA

NT: Burt Plain (BRT)

History of changes

• Anisops elstoni Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [326].

  Type data:

   Holotype KU ♂, Myponga, SA.
  Paratype(s) KU 5♂ 8♀; MCZ 3♂ 3♀.
• Anisops depressa Lansbury, I. 1962. Notes on the genus Anisops in Bishop Museum (Hem.: Notonectidae). Pacific Insects 4: 141-151 [145].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM ♀, Wisselmeren, Tage Lake, Irian Jaya, Indonesia (as Dutch Neu Guinea).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lansbury, I. 1978. Comments on the species concept in some Australian Anisops Spinola (Hemiptera: Notonectidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 39: 101-115 [106] (also possible synonymy of Anisops capitata Lansbury, 1968, not followed in this work)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Brisbane, Fraser Is., Somerset, NSW—Dorrigo, Badgery's Creek, Katoomba, Mittagong, Narooma, Sydney, also Palaearctic Region—China, Oriental Region—Vietnam, Melanesia—New Guinea, Solomon Ils.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Kanmantoo (KAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Lansbury, I. 1964. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) Part I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 52-65 [52, 58] (list, description, distribution)

Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 [434] (key)

Lansbury, I. 1975. Notes on additions, changes and the distribution of the Australian water-bug fauna (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 36: 17-23 [19] (distribution)

Sweeney, A.W. 1965. The distribution of the Notonectidae (Hemiptera) in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90: 87-94 [88, 91, fig. 2b] (key, distribution)

History of changes

• Anisops evansi Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [350].

  Type data:

   Holotype KU ♂, Lake Dakerton, TAS.
  Paratype(s) KU ♀.

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

VIC—Lake Straun, plus type locality.

IBRA

Tas, Vic: Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Lansbury, I. 1964. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) Part I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 52-65 [52] (list)

Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 [454, figs 75-80] (description)

Lansbury, I. 1975. Notes on additions, changes and the distribution of the Australian water-bug fauna (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 36: 17-23 [19] (description, records Lake Struan, VIC, as only mainland locality)

Sweeney, A.W. 1965. The distribution of the Notonectidae (Hemiptera) in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90: 87-94 [88] (list)

History of changes

• Anisops gratus Hale, H.M. 1923. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera. No. II. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 397-424 pls X-XI [413].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂, Broken Hill, NSW.
  Paratype(s) SAMA 3♂ 7♀ (3 specimens sex unknown); KU 2♂ 4♀.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Keeroongooloo Station, Thargomindah, NSW—Sydney, Nyngan, VIC—Melbourne, near Geelong, near Warrambine Creek, SA—Myrtle Springs, WA—Marillana, NT—Hart Range.

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mulga Lands (ML), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [352, pl. 12, fig. 31] (description)

Lansbury, I. 1964. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) Part I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 52-65 [52] (list)

Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 [434, 448, figs 49-54] (description)

Lansbury, I. 1975. Notes on additions, changes and the distribution of the Australian water-bug fauna (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 36: 17-23 [19] (distribution)

Lundblad, O. 1933. Zur Kenntnis der aquatilen und semiaquatilen Hemipteren von Sumatra, Java und Bali auf Grund des Materials der Deutschen Limnologischen Sunda-Expedition, nebst Revision einiger anderer, indoaustralischer Arten. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 12: 1-195, 263-489 [145] (list)

Sweeney, A.W. 1965. The distribution of the Notonectidae (Hemiptera) in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90: 87-94 [88, 91, fig. 2c] (key, distribution)

History of changes

• Anisops hackeri Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [331].

  Type data:

   Holotype KU ♂, Brisbane, QLD.
  Paratype(s) KU ♂ 2♀.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Brisbane, Carnarvon Gorge, Gatton, Gladstone, Lamington National Park, Magnetic Is., NSW—Bulahdelah, Forbes, Kanangra Walls, Sydney, TAS—Hobart, WA—Marillana.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian South East (TSE)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Lansbury, I. 1964. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) Part I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 52-65 [52, figs 1-20]

Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 [434, 456, figs 84, 86, 87] (description)

Sweeney, A.W. 1965. The distribution of the Notonectidae (Hemiptera) in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90: 87-94 [88, 92, fig. 2d] (key, distribution)

History of changes

• Anisops hayesi Lansbury, I. 1995. Notes on the genus Anisops Spinola (Hemiptera - Heteroptera, Notonectidae) of the Northern Territory and Western Australia. The Beagle 12: 65-74.

  Type data:

   Holotype ♂, Northern Territory, Alice Springs, John Hayes Rock-hole near Trephina Gorge.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IBRA

NT: MacDonnell Ranges (MAC)

History of changes

• Anisops hyperion Kirkaldy, G.W. 1898. Neue und seltene Notonectiden-Arten. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 17: 141-142 [141].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMH 2♂, Rockhampton, QLD.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

NSW—Royal National Park, Sydney, VIC—Little Desert National Park, Sydney, SA—Adelaide, Mt Lofty Ranges, WA—Bridgetown, Pigeon Rock, NT—near Elliot, also Oriental Region—Taiwan, Melanesia—Fiji, New Caledonia, Micronesia—Mariana Ils.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Coolgardie (COO), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Sydney Basin (SB), Sturt Plateau (STU)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [332, pl. 37 fig. 16] (description)

Distant. W.L. 1914. Rhynchota from New Caledonia and the surrounding islands. 369-390 pls xi, xii in Sarasin, F. & Roux, J. (eds). Nova Caledonia Forschungen in Neu-Caledonien und auf den Loyalty-Inseln A. Zoologie. Wiesbaden : C.W. Kreidels Vol. 2. [386] (probable misidentification, biology)

Esaki, T. 1926. Verzeichniss der Hemiptera-Heteroptera der Insel Formosa. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 24: 136-189 [188] (probable misidentification, biology)

Hale, H.M. 1923. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera. No. II. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 397-424 pls X-XI [403-412] (biology, misidentification as Anisops hyperion—see Anisops theinemanni Lundblad, 1933)

Hale, H.M. 1923. The breeding habits of the "Backswimmer" (Anisops hyperion). South Australian Naturalist 4: 124-128 fig. 1 (biology, misidentification as Anisops hyperion —see Anisops theinemanni Lundblad, 1933)

Hale, H.M. 1924. Notes on eggs, habits and migration of some Australian aquatic bugs. (Corixidae and Notonectidae). South Australian Naturalist 5: 133-135 pl. I [135] (biology, misidentification as Anisops hyperion—see Anisops theinemanni Lundblad, 1933)

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1904. Über Notonectiden (Hemiptera). Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 23: 93-135 [111, 132]

Lansbury, I. 1964. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) Part I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 52-65 [52, 61, figs 56-70] (description, distribution)

Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 [455, figs 85, 90, 91] (description, distribution)

Lundblad, O. 1933. Zur Kenntnis der aquatilen und semiaquatilen Hemipteren von Sumatra, Java und Bali auf Grund des Materials der Deutschen Limnologischen Sunda-Expedition, nebst Revision einiger anderer, indoaustralischer Arten. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 12: 1-195, 263-489 [145] (list)

Sweeney, A.W. 1965. The distribution of the Notonectidae (Hemiptera) in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90: 87-94 [88, 90, fig. 1c] (key, distribution)

History of changes

• Anisops malkini Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [349].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM ♂, Darwin, NT.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

WA—Ord River, plus type locality.

IBRA

NT, WA: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Lansbury, I. 1964. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) Part I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 52-65 [52] (list)

Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 [434, 452, figs 64-69] (distribution)

Sweeney, A.W. 1965. The distribution of the Notonectidae (Hemiptera) in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90: 87-94 [88] (list)

History of changes

• Anisops nabilla Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 [451].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM ♂, 14 miles W of Marillana (as Marilana), WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM 5♂.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Pilbara (PIL)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

History of changes

• Anisops nasuta Fieber, F.X. 1851. Rhynchotographien, drei monographische Abhandlungen. Abhandlungen der Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, Prague 5 7: 425-486 [484].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB ♂, locality unknown.
• Anisops fieberi Kirkaldy, G.W. 1901. Miscellanea Rhynchotalia. The Entomologist 34(452): 5-6 [5] [unnecessary replacement name for Anisops nivea (Fabricius, 1775): Fieber, 1851, originally proposed for a misidentified specimen].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not in ZMB), India and Sulawesi (as Celebes), Indonesia.
• Anisops protracta Liu, G.-q. & Zheng, L.-y. 1990. A new species and a new record of Notonectidae from China (Hemiptera). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 15: 349-351 [351].

  Type data:

   Holotype NKMU ♂, Nanning, Guangxi, China.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Esaki, T. 1926. Verzeichniss der Hemiptera-Heteroptera der Insel Formosa. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 24: 136-189 [188] (synonymy of Anisops fieberi; also Anisops kuroiwae Matsumura, 1915 as junior synonym, not followed in this work)
• Polhemus, J.T. 1994. New synonymy in the genus Anisops Spinola (Notonectidae: Heteroptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 96: 579 (synonymy of Anisops protracta)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Barron River, Fraser Is., Moore Is., Townsville, Torres Strait Ils (Thursday Is.), WA—Marilana, North West Cape, Tambrey, NT—Darwin, Katherine, also ?(Palaearctic Region—China), Oriental Region—Indonesia (Sulawesi), India, Sri Lanka, Micronesia—Friendly Is., Guam, Melanesia—Papua New Guinea.

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Carnarvon (CAR), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Breddin, G. 1901. Die Hemipteren von Celebes ein beitrag zur faunistik der insel. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle 24: 1-213 1 pl. [103] (biology)

Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [416] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement Anisops niveus ogasawarensis Matsumura, 1915 as junior synonym of Anisops nasutus)

Distant, W.L. 1906. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota (Heteroptera—Homoptera). London : Taylor & Francis Vol. 3 xiv 503 pp. [153]

Dover, C. 1928. Notes on a collection of aquatic Rhynchota from the Buitenzorg Museum. Treubia 10: 65-72 [71]

Esaki, T. 1928. Aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera. pp. 67–80 in, Insects of Samoa and other Samoan terrestrial Arthropoda. Part II. Hemiptera. Fasc. 2. London : William Clowes & Sons Ltd. [76]

Hale, H.M. 1923. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera. No. II. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 397-424 pls X-XI [400-401, fig. 363] (description, habitus)

Hale, H.M. 1925. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 44. The aquatic and semi-aquatic Hemiptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 17A(20): 1-19 [17] (note, distribution)

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1904. Über Notonectiden (Hemiptera). Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 23: 93-135 [116, 132] (taxonomy)

Lansbury, I. 1964. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) Part I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 52-65 [52] (list)

Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 [433, 440, figs 23-28] (description)

Lansbury, I. 1975. Notes on additions, changes and the distribution of the Australian water-bug fauna (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 36: 17-23 [19] (distribution)

Lundblad, O. 1933. Zur Kenntnis der aquatilen und semiaquatilen Hemipteren von Sumatra, Java und Bali auf Grund des Materials der Deutschen Limnologischen Sunda-Expedition, nebst Revision einiger anderer, indoaustralischer Arten. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 12: 1-195, 263-489 [145, 145, 168-171, fig. 58] (list, description, separate species)

Matsumura, S. 1906. Die Hemipteren fauna von Riukiu (Okinawa). Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society 1: 15-38 [28] (misidentification as Anisops niveus)

Nieser, N. & Chen, P. 1991. Naucoridae, Nepidae and Notonectidae, mainly from Sulawesi and Pulau Buton (Indonesia). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 134: 47-67 [57] (Oriental Region, Melanesia, Australia)

Sweeney, A.W. 1965. The distribution of the Notonectidae (Hemiptera) in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90: 87-94 [88] (list)

Wu, C.F. 1933. A preliminary check list of Hemiptera heretofore recorded from Kwantung Province South China. Lingnan Science Journal Suppl. 12: 203-231 [213] (catalogue)

Wu, C.F. 1935. Catalogus insectorum Sinesium (Catalog of Chinese Insects). Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, Peiping 2: 1-634 [575] (catalogue)

History of changes

• Anisops nodulata Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [336].

  Type data:

   Holotype KU ♂, Pangasinan, Philippines.
  Paratype(s) KU 6♂ 9♀.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Brisbane, Palm Is., also Oriental Region—Philippines, Melanesia—Papua New Guinea.

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Lansbury, I. 1964. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) Part I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 52-65 [52] (list)

Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 [434, 450, figs 55-60] (key, description)

Sweeney, A.W. 1965. The distribution of the Notonectidae (Hemiptera) in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90: 87-94 [88] (distribution)

History of changes

• Anisops occipitalis Breddin, G. 1905. Rhynchota Heteroptera aus Java, gesammelt von Prof. K. Kraepelin 1904. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 22: 109-159 [152].

  Type data:

   Lectotype DEIB ♀, Buitenzorg, Java.
  Paralectotype(s) KU.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [345].
• Anisops ocularis Hale, H.M. 1923. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera. No. II. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 397-424 pls X-XI [412].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂, Darwin, NT.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 [433, 438, figs 18-22] (description)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Barron River, WA—Prince Regent River Reserve, Wotjulum Mission, NT—Alice Springs, Darwin, also Oriental Region—Taiwan, Indonesia, Philippines, Melanesia—New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea.

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Darwin Coastal (DAC), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [344, 469, pl. 39 fig. 22] (separate species)

Lansbury, I. 1964. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) Part I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 52-65 [52] (list, separate species)

Lansbury, I. 1984. Some Nepomorpha (Corixidae, Notonectidae and Nepidae) (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) of north-west Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108: 35-49 [39, figs 23-25] (description)

Lundblad, O. 1933. Zur Kenntnis der aquatilen und semiaquatilen Hemipteren von Sumatra, Java und Bali auf Grund des Materials der Deutschen Limnologischen Sunda-Expedition, nebst Revision einiger anderer, indoaustralischer Arten. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 12: 1-195, 263-489 [145, 158-260, fig. 154] (description, separate species)

Nieser, N. & Chen, P. 1991. Naucoridae, Nepidae and Notonectidae, mainly from Sulawesi and Pulau Buton (Indonesia). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 134: 47-67 [57] (Indonesia, Australia)

Sweeney, A.W. 1965. The distribution of the Notonectidae (Hemiptera) in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90: 87-94 [88] (list)

History of changes

• Anisops paracrinita Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [329].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ ♂, Coen, QLD.
  Paratype(s) USNM ♂ 2♀.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Cape York, Moore Is., Thursday Is., NT—Darwin, also Oriental Region—Indonesia.

IBRA

NT, Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Lansbury, I. 1964. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) Part I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 52-65 [52, 57, figs 31-35] (description)

Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 [434] (key)

Nieser, N. & Chen, P. 1991. Naucoridae, Nepidae and Notonectidae, mainly from Sulawesi and Pulau Buton (Indonesia). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 134: 47-67 [57] (Indonesia, Australia)

Sweeney, A.W. 1965. The distribution of the Notonectidae (Hemiptera) in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90: 87-94 [88] (list)

History of changes

• Anisops paraexigera Lansbury, I. 1964. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) Part I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 52-65 [55].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂, Longreach, QLD.
  Paratype(s) SAMA 7♂ 24♀ (22 specimens located).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Keeroongooloo, NSW—Broken Hill, SA—Innamincka.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Mulga Lands (ML), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 [456] (distribution)

History of changes

• Anisops philippinensis Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [383].

  Type data:

   Holotype FMNH ♂, N slope of Mt Apo, 7800 ft, Lake Linau, Davao Prov[ince], Mindanao, Philippines.
  Paratype(s) FMNH 48♂ 30♀; KU 10♂ 10♀.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Fraser Is., also Oriental Region—Philippines.

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Lansbury, I. 1978. Comments on the species concept in some Australian Anisops Spinola (Hemiptera: Notonectidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 39: 101-115 [108] (QLD)

Sweeney, A.W. 1965. The distribution of the Notonectidae (Hemiptera) in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90: 87-94 [88] (list)

History of changes

• Anisops planifascies Lansbury, I. 1975. Notes on additions, changes and the distribution of the Australian water-bug fauna (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 36: 17-23 [19].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV T4569 ♂, Hahn River, 112 km S of Coen, QLD.
  Paratype(s) NMV T4570 ♀.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

History of changes

• Anisops semita Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [366].

  Type data:

   Holotype KU ♂, Barron River, near Barron Waters (as Barren River, near Barren Waters), QLD.
  Paratype(s) KU 4♂ 12♀.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Alice River, Coen, WA—Wyndham.

IBRA

Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Lansbury, I. 1964. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) Part I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 52-65 [52] (list)

Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 [434, 441, figs 29-32] (key, description)

Sweeney, A.W. 1965. The distribution of the Notonectidae (Hemiptera) in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90: 87-94 [88] (list)

History of changes